The incredible way Vitor Pereira has already written his name into Wolves history books

A late goal from substitute Jorgen Strand Larsen ensured that Vitor Pereira’s impressive start to life as Wolves manager continued against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

Pereira took charge of Wolves in mid-December, replacing Gary O’Neil after an abysmal first half of the 2024/25 campaign saw the Old Gold cut adrift in the relegation battle. The Black Country club had conspired to lose three crucial relegation six-pointers in the final weeks of O’Neil’s tenure, prompting the Fosun Group into finally cutting ties with the manager.

O’Neil’s replacement, Pereira, put pen to paper on an 18-month deal at Molineux and has successfully gone about turning around the club’s fortunes in his first few weeks in charge.

After just three games under Pereira’s tutelage, Wolves have managed to claw their way out of the relegation zone heading into the new year, taking their seventh point from the last available nine by securing a dramatic 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in north London on Sunday afternoon.

Vitor Pereira becomes fourth Wolves manager to achieve unbeaten feat in English top-flight

The draw with Tottenham, which followed up consecutive wins over Leicester City and Manchester United, ensured that Pereira has already secured his place in Wolves lore despite only being in charge for a few weeks.

By remaining unbeaten in his first three Premier League games in charge, Pereira became just the fourth manager in the club’s history to not lose any of their first three top-flight games – joining Andy Beattie, Ronnie Allen and Sammy Chung in the history books.

Rather remarkably, Pereira is also the first manager to achieve this feat at Wolves in 47 years, with Chung last doing so way back in 1977.

Despite Allen, Beattie and Chung all holding such an impressive record, fans will be hoping that Pereira will have a much more successful overall top flight career in charge of Wolves.

While both Ronnie Allen and Sammy Chung won the Second Division with the Old Gold, neither manager enjoyed particularly successful tenures in the top flight with the club – Chung was actually sacked by the club following a run of 11 defeats in 14 games. Andy Beattie also suffered relegation from the top-flight in his first season in charge.

Vitor Pereira reveals secret to early Wolves success

Speaking to the press recently, the boss was asked how he’s managed to turn things around at Wolves in such quick fashion.

Pereira replied that the key has been breeding confidence in the dressing room, something which had clearly been lacking in the final months of O’Neil‘s charge:

“I believe that my players have quality, and I believe that our work will impact them,” said Pereira. “We don’t have time to work on the pitch, but when you give the confidence to them, and they feel this confidence, this power inside of them, it can change everything.

“If you get the results, they start to believe in the manager, in the idea. They start to feel as a team, they start to feel confidence in their teammates and this is what is happening now.”

Pereira will be hoping to continue his perfect start to life at Wolves on Monday 6th January when his side take on high-flying Nottingham Forest at Molineux.